Cruise trip

Pegwell Bay is a well-known sandy bay backed by large chalk cliffs and close to a lively and intriguing harbour.  Children’s amusements nearby make this a superb loved ones beach for a day out in Kent.  

The beach is ideal for any quantity of activities such as Swimming, Sailing, Jet ski-ing, Windsurfing, Energy boating and Fishing.   The coastal cycle route may also be utilized by pedestrians.  

The bay is part of Kent’s biggest National Nature Reserve.   Rock pools,  kelp beds and chalk caves offer habitats for any diverse variety of species.
The Beach receives regular awards and is Marine Conservation Society Suggested.  It’s been named as one of many 10 top rated beaches in the UK. 
Facilities incorporate parking, toilets, caf?/restaurant plus a picnic location.

Fossil hunting

The chalk cliffs on the back in the beach area are fascinating from a geological viewpoint.  Fossils are identified in the platform which has been cut out by wave action and inside the fallen blocks that have come away from your cliff. These are also inside the cliff-face itself but hammering into it needs to be averted for obvious security factors.  There exists evidence of echinoid (or sea urchin because they are far better acknowledged) fossils, but the vast majority are broken and have been eroded by the climate along with the sea.   However, if you’re patient it truly is doable to find total examples.   Sponges and little fossils this kind of as the plates from starfish are widespread.

Did you recognize?  

. On the cliff best at Pegwell Bay is a replica with the Viking ship ‘Hugin’.  This was sailed from Denmark in 1949 by 53 Danes to commemorate the 1500th arrival of the legendary Hengist and his brother Horsa, two Saxon chieftains, who landed at nearby Ebbsfleet.  The ‘Hugin’ 1st landed at Viking Bay, Broadstairs, Kent before becoming positioned on permanent show just off the main road to the west of Pegwell Bay.  There’s small evidence of Viking ships in the 5th century and ‘Hugin’ is based on a later Viking style of a longship. 

. On the foreshore, 20th century invaders would have arrived in giant SRN4 Hovercraft on the International  Hoverport which was officially opened in 1969. In its later versions the SRN4 Hovercraft could carry above 400 passengers and 55 autos at roughly 60mph, routinely crossing the Channel in 40 minutes.  Sadly, in 1982 the service from Pegwell Bay stopped operating when the two rivals Seaspeed and Hoverlloyd merged. 

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